Dara Singh

He started his wrestling career in Singapore in 1949 and Films in 1952. He hails from the village of Dharmuchak in Amritsar, Punjab.

He went to Singapore for work in 1949 on board the SS Rajula and had his first international kushti win at Jakarta, Indonesia in the same year. He earlier worked at a Drum Manufacturing plant and later as a security personnel, before doing wrestling full time. During this time he dabbled between Kushti, Freestyle Wrestling and Pro wrestling.

He went on to win Champion of Malaysia, Indian Style (1951).

Films and TV- Dara started his film career in 1952 with Sangdil and went on to do between 150-200 films and TV serials. He was a part of two national award winning Punjabi Films, Jagga and Mai Maa Punjab Dee. He established Punjab's first film Studio, Dara Studio. Family- Dara has 6 Children. 1 from his first marriage and 5 from his second. Wrestling- Dara left studies at an early age to work on his family farm and wrestled locally.

This cemented his name which eventually made him rise up in the professional and freestyle wrestling ring, leading him to Rustom-E-Hind (1954), Champion of Commonwealth (1959), Rustom-E-Punjab (1966), World Champion (1968) and NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship, earning him a spot in Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Hall of Fame (1996) and WWE Hall of Fame.

He became the Commonwealth Champion in 1959 and was 1968 World Champion in Wrestling defeating American Lou Thesz.

Married his wife Surjit Kaur Randhawa May 11 1961,.

Has an older son from his first marriage named Parduman Radhawa. Pardhuman acted in the 1968 classic Aankhen. Parduman married a teacher from Delhi named Narinder Randhawa. This was in the late 60's.

Starred in the shelved film Neel Dhara Productions "Shreemad Bhagwat" (1970). Starring Prithviraj Kapoor,Dara Singh.

Son Parduman was making the shelved movie Parduman Enterprises "Baaz"(1974) Starring Vinod Khanna, Saira Banu, Danny Denzongpa, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Parduman Singh (Dara Singh's son),Directed by Ashok Roy.

Starred in the shelved movie Namrata Films "Samson" (Samson and Delilah)(1976). Starring Dara Singh, Padma Khanna, Jayshree T. Music by Hansraj Bahl, Produced by Gopal Ralhan, Directed by Kamran Khan.

Was producing and directing a film titled "Ladakh" in 1977. Starring Dara Singh and Sheikh Mukhtar. The film got shelved.

Starred in the shelved movie Lion Film Corporation's " Aag Aur Chattan"(1978) Starring Dara Singh,Komilla Virk,Joginder, Music by Meena Mukherjee,Directed by Mehmood.

Starred in the shelved film Joy Films "Abhimanyu Vivah"(1983). Starring Biswajeet,Dara Singh,Shashi Puri, Debashree Roy, Amjad Khan, Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Directed by Chandrakant.

Starred in the shelved movie Kala Sangam's "Chiragh E Mohabbat"(1986) Starring Dara Singh, Javed Khan, Meera, Naaz, Subbiraj, Music by Meena Mangeshkar,Directed by Kaycee.

Starred in the shelved movie Richa Movies "Zindagi Ki Baahon Mein"(1989) Starring Dara Singh, Vijayendra Ghatge,Meera Madhuri, Kuldip Malik, Music by Ravinder Jain, Directed by Shanawaz.

Starred in the shelved movie Shreeram Krishna Movies "Ek Banjara Shaher Mein"(1990) Starring Dara Singh, Avinash Mamrath,Vasantsena, Gulshan Grover,Bandini Mishra, Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Anil Gandotra.

Starred in the shelved movie Tushar Entertainments "Bhedi Bungla"(1992) Starring Javed Khan,Dara Singh, Hemant Birje,Raza Murad,Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Sunil Vyas.

Starred in the shelved movie Ramakrishna Movies "Ek Banjara Shahar Mein" aka "Jungle Ka Khiladi" aka "Naagvanshi"(1993). Starring Dara Singh,Avinash Mamrath,Shreya Kishan,Upasana Khosla,Paintal,Mahesh Anand Bandini Mishra,Tej Sapru, Feroz Irani,Chand Usmani, Janki Dass,Gulshan Grover,Prince Joshi.Masic by Usha Khanna, Produced and Directed by Anil Gandotra.

Macho Man" Randy Savage visited Bombay,India (Sunday, November 21 1994 ). He was there to trash out the fine print to a WWF tour to hit India early in 1995. He met Bollywood legend and former professional wrestler Dara Singh. His photograph was on the cover of 'The Times of India', the premier newspaper of Bombay. On Monday he will lectured students at a leading public school as the guest of the principal. There is a report on his visit to city entitled 'Savage floors all with niceties' in the paper. Bollywood Film producer Ashok Thakeria and his company tied up with the WWE and planned an entire publicity campaign for the forthcoming event. But it all went down the drain when Bollywood producers Tito and Tony (Juneja) decided to play a smart game with Ashok.The producer duo cashed in all the hype that Ashok generated,invited their own stars ( who lied to be part of the WWF/ WWE but when Ashok Thakeria threatened legal proceedings, turned back saying they were part of the N.W.A.) and had their matches in a span of 2 weeks.

Niece name is Aalam. She is the daughter of Randhawa. Aalam married a boy named Amrik. Amrik is the son of former wrestler Harbhajan Singh. Randhawa second daughter's name is Shehnaz. She was involved with Kamal Sadanah in 1996.

Starred in the shelved movie Sabharwal Productions "Hamara Kanoon"(1998) Starring Dara Singh, Ayub Khan, Tara Deshpande,Mohnish Bahl,Mohan Joshi,Ranjeet,Deep Dhillon,Vishwajeet Pradhan,Raza Murad,Mallika,Shahbaaz Khan,Shehzad Khan,Anjana Mumtaz,Jaspal Sandhu,Gurbachan, Music by Gyan Singh, Directed by Ratan Aulakh. Reels:10.

Dara Singh has another son named Amrik Randhawa. Amrik acted in Dillagi (1999). Amrik also produced 2 Punjabi movies. Rab Dian Rakha and Ankhila Soorma. Amrik was formerly married to Amrita Randhawa. He has 2 daughters,Amreen and Armaana Randhawa.

Starred in the shelved movie Navrattan Films International's "Balle Balle America" (2000) Starring Dara Singh,Parmeet Sethi,Kashmira Shah,Daman S. Maan,Upasana Singh,Ratan Aulakh,Mehar Mittal. Produced by Susheel Kumar, Directed by Dara Singh.

Son Amrik Randhawa is married to Amrita Randhawa. They have 2 daughters named Amreen and Armaana . Amrik got divorced in 2011.

Dara Singh Randhawa (Born Deedar Singh Randhawa, Nov 19, 1928- 12 July 2012 ) was an Indian Wrestler, Film and Television Actor, Director, Producer and Member of Parliament. He was encouraged to take up pehelwani since an early age.

In July 2012, He suffered a cardiac arrest and eventually died on July 12, at his home in Mumbai.

(2018). Biographies- His auto-biography is titled Meri Aatamkatha.

He was cremated at Juhu Crematorium with a funeral service attended by thousands In 2019, A statue was erected in his honour at Phase 6, Mohali, Punjab next to his Film Studio, Dara Studio.